Full professor of geography at the University of Padua. Sahelian region is the place of direct confrontation with territorial processes, linked to water seen both as a common resource and as the basis for the modernization of agriculture.

Research fellow at the University of Padua. The ongoing changes in the geography of development and geographies of power are the focus of her research interests. In particular, the role that old and new actors, such as China, play in redefining rural space in Africa.

Associate professor of geography at the University of Milan. He has been conducting research in the Sahel since 2002, analyzing the impact of international cooperation projects, especially in the environmental field. His most recent research activity is directed at reading the Great Green Wall international program from a political ecology perspective.

Honorary professor of geography at the University of Padua. Her research, at the intersection of historical and social geography, focuses on relational dimensions between actors and spaces in projects for local development.

Anthropologist, research fellow at the Earth and Life Institute UCLouvain, Belgium. Wetlands are a key livelihood resource for dryland people, but they are also under increasing pressure from large-scale interventions and investments aimed at agriculture, environmental conservation (and tourism enhancement) and mining.

Federico is a geographer specializing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He is passionate about OpenSource and collaborates with the University of Padua where he teaches courses and seminars regarding GIS and WebGIS. Since 2018 he has been working as a consultant at the Joint Research Centre (European Commission) and is a PhD student at the University of Seville (Spain).

Geologist, expert in GIS geographic information systems, research fellow at the University of Padua. Remote sensing allows to identify and perform qualitative and quantitative geospatial analyses on the Sahel wetlands, which are then analyzed and characterized using open source GIS software.

Research Fellow at the University of Milan. Scholar in African Studies, specialized in the history and in the political systems of contemporary Africa, he works in and on the Sahel since 2014. At the centre of his research is the entanglement between the history of violence in the Sahel-Sahara, political ecology and land- and water-based conflicts.

Free-lance. He has conducted extensive field research among nomadic and pastoralist populations in several countries in the Horn of Africa and Central Africa. His work  is framed within the political anthropology of the environment. He is interested in applied research to improve development policies and practices.

Curator of the Museum of Geography of the University of Padua. For the project she is exploring the cartographic collections of the museum to reconstruct the image of Africa, and of the Sahel in particular, developed in Europe from the end of the fifteenth century. 

Co-researcher of the PRIN project. Environmentalist and expert on integrated water resources management in the Logone subbasin. National coordinator of the Cameroonian association ACEEN.

Co-researcher of the PRIN project. PhD in Geography, specializing in Spatial Planning at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University in Ouagadougou. His research interests include the spatial dynamics of hydrological areas and their environmental implications in Burkina Faso.

Co-researcher of the PRIN project. PhD candidate in International Environmental Law at the University of Yaoundé II. His research interests revolve around the economic and environmental issues of foreign direct investment in the mining sector in the Sahel.

Professeur associé à la faculté des sciences géographiques et environnementales de l'université de Khartoum. Expert en SIG et en télédétection.

Biologist, socio-ecological systems expert, lecturer and researcher at the University of Khartoum. Understanding the dynamics of socio-ecological systems enables the identification and analysis of different patterns of land use and natural resources in relation to the increasing speed and intensity of ongoing climate change.

Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Ecology, Faculty of Geographical and Environmental Sciences, University of Khartoum. His research areas are related to environmental pollution and climate change.

PhD candidate in GIS and Cartography at the Faculty of Geographical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Khartoum. Expert in geo-spatial technologies and cartography.

Doctoral candidate in urban planning at the IUAV University of Venice, she works in Mali with several associations for the protection of the region's cultural heritage. Her research interests focus on reading the role of peasant practices in the urban and spatial dynamics of the south of the country.PhD candidate in GIS and Cartography at the Faculty of Geographical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Khartoum. Expert in geo-spatial technologies and cartography.

PRIN project research associate. Specialized in Global Refugee Studies at Aalborg University with experience in cooperation in Cameroon and Chad.

Since 2020 head of the Research and Third Mission Sector of the DiSSGeA Department.

Technical director of MobiLab - Digital Laboratory for Mobility Research of the DiSSGeA Department of the University of Padua. He is involved in Digital Humanities, Historical Gis, Web Database, Data Visualization.